CV June 2019 MARIA KOUSIS Professor of Sociology (Development and Environment) Director, University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences (UCRC) Gallos Campus, Rethymno, Greece 74100 http://crete.academia.edu/MariaKousis +30-28310-77477, 77101, 77102 (voice) +30-28310-77467 (fax)
[email protected] [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. 1984 Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Tourism as an Agent of Social Change in a Rural Cretan Community Dissertation chair: Charles Tilly M.A. 1981 Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan B.A. 1979 Sociology & History, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Social Change, Social Movements, Economic & Political Contention Environment, Society & Politics, Sustainable Development Protest Event/Case Analysis, Action Organization Analysis, Political Claims Analysis Bioethics and Society Tourism, Rural Societies & Social Change Southern Europe, Greece RESEARCH FUNDING & COLLABORATIONS 2018-2019 Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) Partnering academic institution, Research Project “Social and Solidarity Economy, Urban Communities and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups” Coordinator University of Geneva, 5 partnering institutions 2017-2020 European Commission, HORIZON 2020, Partner, Research Project “EURYKA: Reinventing Democracy in Europe: Youth Doing Politics in Times of Increasing Inequalities”, Coordinator University of Geneva, 10 partners http://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/euryka/home/ 2015-2017 European Commission, HORIZON 2020, Kousis 1 CV June 2019 Partner, Research Project “TransSOL: European Paths to Transnational Solidarity in times of crisis”, Coordinator University of Siegen, 9 partners http://transsol.eu/ 2015-2017 European Commission, HORIZON 2020 Academic Stakeholder, “CulturalBase. Social Platform on Cultural Heritage and European Identities” aiming to identify and analyse some of the main debates and controversies around culture, in particular in relation to Heritage and European Identities.